Suppose you were writing a speech for your Toastmasters club about the Jurassic Park films and wanted to have a prop dinosaur egg to hold up. Could you easily make one at home? You might use paper mâché (made with PVA glue) layers formed over a round balloon. On YouTube you can find an hour-long webinar by Eric Hart at the Society of Properties Artisan Managers titled S*P*A*Minar: Props You Can Make At Home. Mr. Hart wrote (among other things) a recent book on Prop Building for Beginners, which he blogged about at his Prop Agenda on November 23, 2021.
Folks doing costume play (cosplay) also make props. There also are some interesting YouTube videos from KamuiCosplay. One on December 10, 2019 is titled Top 10 Crafting Materials for Cosplay. Another on December 1, 2016 titled EVA Foam Build – Sombra Gun Replica – Part 1 shows how to use contact cement to laminate ethylene vinyl acetate foam.
The image of an egg came from Openclipart.
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